Tooth-brush.



c. v. NELLANY."

TOOTH BRUSH. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1313.

Patented June 8, 1915.

STATES PATENT ormon.

' CHARLES v. NELLANY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

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To all wlwm it-may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES V. NELLANY, of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented following to be a full, clear, and exact decertain new and useful Improvements in Tooth-Brushes; and I do hereby declare the scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which -1t appertains to make and use the same.

My invention contemplates a tooth brush provided with a casing or. compartment adapted to contain the brush proper or bristles when not in'use, of the brush as. an entirety.

In the accompanymg rawmgs Figure 1 is a perspective 'view show ng-a tooth brush and forming part embodyingmy invention, the article being partly open. Fig. 2 shows the brush contained within the holder, the dotted lines indicating theposition of the latter when 1 the brush is in use. Fig. 3 is a section of the hinge or joint between the two elements forming the brush and Fig. 4 is a detail I usual bristles 73. -The nected by a hinge joint 4 'nd the part 2 v carries or is formed with a ousing or re-' perspective thereof.

In the preferred form, the brush comprises two parts 1 and 2, the former carrying the arts 1 and'2 are conceptacle 5, adapted to receive the bristles 3 when the article is folded into the position illustrated in Fi 2. In the construction described the bristles enter'the reee ta'cle the direction of their length, that is,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 5, 1913. Serial No. 788,852.

Patented June 8, 19i5.

their free ends first, and the receptacle protects all three sides of the bristles.

As appropriate means for hinging the two parts, I have shown the shank 6 of the art 1 within a sleeve 7 which is fulcrumed, y a.

pin'8, to'a sleeve 9 on the shank of part 2,

the sleeve 9 having ears 10 to receive the extremity of the sleeve 7. I have alsolshown the ears 10 formed with lugs 12 adapted to be received by a pair of notches 13, when the article is full open, and a similarpair of notches 14, when the brush is closed. A

spring 15- is shown in Fig. 3 coiled around the p1n 8. This spring tends to hold the sides of the sleeve 7 pressed outward and in consequence tends to maintain the lugs 12 in the notches 13 .or 14.

I claim as my invention As an article of manufacture a two-part tooth brush comprising a brush proper and a handle, each of said parts having a sleeve positely dlsposed pairs of notches to receive said lugs, a hinge pm forming the fulcrum forv said shanks, and a sprin coiled on said pin and tending to hold said ugs in said notches. ed this 'on the shank thereof, one, of said sleeves hav I ing ears at its end and formed with a pair of'lugs, and the other sleeve having two op-. 

